Social Impact

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Social Conflict And Consumption: A Meta-Analytical Perspective

This study sketches out the conceptual contours of “consumption-mediated social conflict”. Building on theoretical groundwork from sociology and conceptual synthesis of 13 original consumer Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Katharina C. Husemann, Marius K. Luedicke
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Identity Preservation: If I Can Remember It, You Can Have It

Possessions can define the self and become a part of one’s identity even to the extent that the loss of possessions can threaten self-identity (Belk 1988). Given the attachment consumers feel to Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Karen Page Winterich, Rebecca Walker Naylor, Julie R. Irwin
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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The Rewarding Nature Of Matchmaking

At some point, most people have made matches between others, from grabbing and introducing two strangers at a party to brokering romantic connections; even if not matchmakers themselves, many people Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Lalin Anik, Michael I. Norton
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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How Do Friends And Strangers Interpret Shared Experiences? Synchrony As Relationship-Bolstering Or

People spend the vast majority of their waking time interacting with others, whether casual acquaintances or intimate partners (Kahneman et al. 2004; Leary et al. 1994). We intentionally spend time Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Suresh Ramanathan, Kathleen D. Vohs, Ann L. McGill
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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With Friends Like These, Who Needs Money? Three Tests Of The Substitutability Hypothesis Of Money

Rich people have fewer friends than the rest, according to a Gallup poll (2004). Respondents whose income was at the top of the scale reported having the fewest friends, while those making the least Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Kathleen D. Vohs, Jannine D. Lasaleta
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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